Culture
Vanity Fair US
UNITED NATIONS
Every World Cup is the biggest event in human history. This summer, it's coming to North America. But down in Mexico this spring, as three nations fight for one ticket to the big show, FRANKLIN LEONARD finds far more than goals or red cards in the tales of Jamaica, New Caledonia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
LORD OF THE RING
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk has won every major title in professional boxing without a single defeat. Amid a war, as ANNA ZOLOTARIOVA writes, he continues to prove that victories can be won despite adversity
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
Whether in the arena or at the studio, athletes and artists have a shared reverence for discipline and physicality. NATE FREEMAN explores the symbiotic and sometimes creative relationships between these masters of craft
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
THE TIPPING POINT
After 17 months of heated negotiations and decades of inequity, the WNBA and its players reached a deal this spring that has completely transformed women's basketball. YOHANA DESTA spent an afternoon with Clara Wu Tsai, the billionaire owner of the New York Liberty, to talk about the league's next chapter and the expansion that will forever change women's professional sports
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR
Kylian Mbappé was crowned football's future king when he was just a teenager, but AIDAN MCLAUGHLIN meets the captain of Les Bleus at a turbulent time. He's weathered attacks on his French identity while serving as his nation's chief diplomat, endured criticism of his game while scoring goals by the hatful. He's on top of the world-and under unfathomable pressure. Everything is on the line at this summer's World Cup...
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
HIGH HORSES
Forty minutes inland from the power and pomp of Palm Beach lies a greener, but no less gilded, Florida enclave. In this Year of the Horse, ELISE TAYLOR goes inside the winter equestrian capital of the world
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
KING OF THE COURT
As the brightest star on the men's tennis scene, Carlos Alcaraz draws attention whether he likes it or not. JOSÉ CRIALES-UNZUETA speaks to the Spaniard about his rise to number one and the rivalry that promises the future of his sport
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
TROUBLE IN THE WATER
Star water polo player Lucca van der Woude was arrested in 2024 after being accused of sexual assault, rocking an elite Los Angeles community. Two years later, his former teammate Aidan Romain tells DEANNA KIZIS about his lawsuit against both Van der Woude and Harvard-Westlake School- which Romain says protected the white student who made his life unbearable
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
YOU'VE GOT A FAST CAR
Wildly expensive vehicles, famous fans, and a Netflix glow-up propelled Formula 1 from niche European import to full-blown American obsession. Photographer HAILUN MA documents the early fervor at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
THE INVINCIBLE LINDSEY VONN
For the first time since her horrifying crash at the 2026 Olympics, the American skiing legend speaks to ELISE TAYLOR at length about what really happened at Milano Cortina, the five surgeries and paparazzi frenzies that followed, and whether this is really, truly the end
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
BODIES, BODIES, BODIES
Several dozen world-class athletes have spent the last four months in Abu Dhabi training to compete for millions of dollars in the Enhanced Games—a competition that is literally on steroids. And hormones. And Adderall. CLARA MOLOT talks to the people involved—and RFK Jr.—about the event that's backed by everyone from Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr. to Saudi royalty
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
TONY HAWK
The skateboarding pioneer and Gen X icon, still shredding at the age of 58, would happily live out his days shooting the breeze with his growing brood- especially if one of them can locate his missing eyebrows
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
SPEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
For the ultrawealthy, boats or jets are yesterday's toys. DEREK C. BLASBERG digs into how owning a sports team became the last bastion of status for a well-moneyed few
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
GAME CHANGER
Forget Super Bowl watch parties and last-minute Stubhubbing-luxury sports tourism is here. LEAH FAYE COOPER breaks down the big spenders in the big leagues
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
Keep Outside the House That Always Wins
This is an American sports story about addiction and attention -one KIESE MAKEBA LAYMON has only told to his casino friends after losing his paycheck and nearly the rest of his life
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
Kissing the Ring
Turns out the most powerful man in Hollywood, at least for a moment, is NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. LACHLAN CARTWRIGHT chops it up with the mogul entertaining bids from every studio head in town, as they duke it out for the most valuable thing on TV
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
PRADA'S FORTUNATE SON
Before he joined the family business, Lorenzo Bertelli, son of Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, was a professional rally race car driver. Since his retirement, he's assumed his rightful position as heir to their throne, overseeing the Prada Group's highest-profile business moves. But he still indulges in his need for speed, and MARISA MELTZER goes along for a ride
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
MONEYBALL
Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is one of the highest paid stars in college football. As BOMANI JONES reports, he's also the face of an epic showdown with the NCAA
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
RARE AIR
Whether she's shooting three-pointers or walking the red carpet, the WNBA's four-time MVP doesn't miss. ERIN VANDERHOOF catches up with A'ja Wilson
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
KYLE SMITH
The NFL's fashion editor makes the players look good-win or lose-for every game. Call it tunnel vision
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June 2026
Vanity Fair US
NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU
Before they were the first couple of New York City, they were in love.
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February 2026
Vanity Fair US
BLONDE AMBITION
On and off the runway, model Alex Consani is proving that an undeniable personality is always a good look. DEREK C. BLASBERG meets the girl of the moment
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February 2026
Vanity Fair US
ANGEL WAS A CENTERFOLD
The rise of Dorothy Stratten is a Hollywood fairy tale, from her discovery behind an ice cream counter to her run as a Playboy Playmate to her love affair with Peter Bogdanovich.
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February 2026
Vanity Fair US
American GOTHIC
John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy were a seemingly perfect couple who met a perfectly tragic ending.
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February 2026
Vanity Fair US
LYAS GOES LIVE
After being skipped over for a coveted invite to a designer's eagerly awaited debut show, Lyas decided to bring high fashion to the masses via livestream
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February 2026
Vanity Fair US
TEYANA TAYLOR HAS ARRIVED
Two decades of hard work in and out of the spotlight have prepared the star for her electric role in the newest Paul Thomas Anderson film, One Battle After Another. Playing Perfidia Beverly Hills was an exercise in resilience and vulnerability—and the result is a lot of Oscar buzz.
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February 2026
Vanity Fair US
PERFECT STRANGERS
Her viral New York Times column \"Was I Married to Stranger?\" devastated readers in 2023. Now, in her memoir, Strangers, BELLE BURDEN offers a deeper personal history, from a glimpse of her childhood at her grandmother Babe Paley's estate, Kiluna Farm, through the unraveling of a marriage that reshaped her understanding of family
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February 2026
Vanity Fair US
EYE OF THE HURRICANE
Throughout the first year of Donald Trump's second administration, CHRIS WHIPPLE has interviewed Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, at every moment of crisis. His insider's account of Trump 2.0 joins the photography of CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON for a portrait of power—and peril
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February 2026
Vanity Fair US
"NEPO BABY"
The internet's favorite insult used to mean something, argues HILLARY BUSIS-before imprecision and overuse dulled its impact
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February 2026
Vanity Fair US
O Tech Bros, Where Art Thou?
As the Technology Brothers, John Coogan and Jordi Hays have cornered the Silicon Valley media market with their irresistibly insidery podcast.
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